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On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:38:13PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
And, you are right, homeschooled students perform some better (I'm going
to challenge "beat the pants off" though).
However, as always, the differences fold directly from socioeconomics:
http://www.conservativefront.com/2004/12/03/homeschool-vs-public-school/
I agree that parents that decide to homeschool are probably wealthier
and better educated than the average. However, I've seen statistics
that the education of the parent teacher does NOT correlate with the greater
success of students. In other words, determined home schooling mothers with
high school diplomas are doing about as good as home schooling mothers with
Ph.D.'s. How would you explain that? Perhaps the love and drive of the
mothers is more important than some teaching credential? Perhaps she learns
as she goes along what she needs before she teaches it?
I find this very suspect. A dedicated high school diploma is simply not
going to be able to teach calculus and physics effectively no matter
what you claim.
In addition, all of the home schooling data I see claims success based
upon things like the ACT, SAT, Iowa assessments, etc. All of these
tests have a fairly significant swing due to simple preparation which is
well within the the margins specified. (See the Princeton Review's
effect on SAT scores, for example).
I would be more interested in seeing a cross section of AP tests. These
are less subject to test prep.
Why do you oppose it? It actually strengthens your position, not
weakens it as it will quickly clean out the morons who shouldn't be
homeschooling. I thought homeschoolers were all about accountability.
Homeschoolers are about trying to keep the government from shutting them down.
Think for a moment about your hypothetical "moron". Why would someone who
didn't care about their kids give up the free daycare of the public school
system to perform such a huge sacrifice for their kids? Do you really think
any selfish alcoholic tard is going to give a stick about homeschooling their
kids?
You forget that the other major group that desires to homeschool are
ultra-religious. You are currently objecting to the fact that you are
winding up with restrictions because a "nutcase" screwed up. You are
going to get *more* of these, not less if this becomes more popular.
Well, if you object to the teacher having to be certified, how about
having to prove the progress of your student on a yearly basis?
Again, it's all about accountability. You should simply be saddled with
the same requirements that you demanded of the public schools.
-a
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